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Post by uplink2 on Aug 27, 2009 10:10:56 GMT -5
No its just a preference on this song. I love a lot of raspy voices. Many of the greatest singers ever have had raspy voices. Hey I think that other girl Christina Brehm on YouTube does a better job than Kara on the song. If Kara was such a great singer then why isn't she a successful recording artist? She obviously has the writing chops.
Its all just personal preference.
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Post by uplink2 on Aug 27, 2009 12:17:49 GMT -5
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Post by That Skipping Rope. on Aug 27, 2009 12:46:27 GMT -5
I just read she worked with Rachael Yamagata on this album.
Craziness. Rachael is one of my favorite artists.
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Post by mairy on Aug 27, 2009 15:37:03 GMT -5
Good to see Lucie Silvas songs being recorded by other artist. She's amazing.
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Post by ₫anny Jerz ♔ on Aug 27, 2009 18:18:45 GMT -5
She worked with some great people! Can't wait to hear the whole song.
Her voice is rather versatile. She does R&B well, Pop well, folky stuff well, standards well. It's hard to say which direction is the best for her. Her tone and vocal quality is really clean and crisp so anything that allows it to shine is fine by me.
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Post by yaoer on Aug 27, 2009 23:19:26 GMT -5
Katharine McPhee, the 25 year old runner-up in the fifth season of American Idol will release her Verve Forecast debut on October 6th!
On Unbroken the vocalist and actress has co-written half of the album with some of music’s biggest songwriters, including Kara DioGuardi (American Idol), Ingrid Michaelson, and Paula Cole. “Terrified” features a duet with Jason Reeves while Rachael Yamagata sings backup vocals on the song she co-wrote “Keep Drivin’.” The album is produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews Band).
Track List: 0 1. It’s Not Right (Lucie Silvas/Gary Go) 02. Had It All (Kara DioGuardi/Mitch Allan/David Hodges) 03. Keep Drivin’ (Katharine McPhee/Chris Tompkins/Rachael Yamagata) 04. Last Letter (Barry Dean/Luke Laird/Katharine McPhee) 05. Surrender (Katharine McPhee/Ingrid Michelson/Marshall Altman) 06. Terrified duet with Jason Reeves (Kara DioGuardi/Jason Reeves) 07. How (Lucie Silvas/Mike Busbee/Alex James) 08. Say Goodbye (Troy Verges/Aimee Mayo/Chris Lindsey/Hillary Lindsey) 09. Faultline (Lucie Silvas/Rachel Thibodeau) 10. Anybody’s Heart (Barry Dean/Luke Laird/Katharine McPhee) 1 1. Lifetime (Boots Ottestad/Katharine McPhee) 12. Unbroken (Paula Cole/Katharine McPhee) 13. Brand New Key (Melanie Safka)
Consumer Marketing: • Tools – tour poster, table tent, music video, blow-ups, EPK • Extensive nat’l advertising campaign including television (morning news, talk shows, and lifestyle cable channels), online (female oriented lifestyle sites), print (newspaper and women’s magazines), and in-theater play. • Major release event performance in NYC • January ’09 Adverting agency showcase in Chicago • Film & TV music supervisor industry showcase in LA prior to release • Servicing Film, TV and advertising music supervisors and editors with advances and finished goods
Publicity: • Items and features already run: InStyle.com, AOL Style List, Just Jared.com, Nylon Blog • Assoc. Press TV, AOL Pop Eater & Music, E! TV, LATimes.com, Extra TV, Newsweek.com were on the music & video set (8/29) • TV targets: American Idol, Access, A&E Private Sessions, CBS Early Show, CBS Sunday Morning, Chelsea Lately, Colbert Report, CNN, Daily Show, Ellen, E! News, Extra, GMA, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Larry King, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Regis & Kelly, Martha Stewart, Oprah, Saturday Night Live, Today Show, Conan O’Brien, and more. • Monthly magazine targets: Allure, American Way, Angeleno, Black Book, Conde Nast Traveler, Cosmo, Elle, Esquire, Glamour, Harpers Bazaar, InStyle, Interview, Lucky, Marie Claire, Nylon, O! Magazine, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Self, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and more. • Weekly/Bi-weekly print targets include: Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Time Out NY, Time Out Chicago, New York, New Yorker, People, Parade, TV Guide, and more. • Major daily paper targets include: NY Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, SF Chronicle, USA Today, USA Weekend, Wall Street Journal, and others. • Online outlets include: people.com, ew.com, CNN.com. Billboard.com, Interview.com, Vanityfair.com, and others.
Promotion: • Single: “Had It All” (Kara DioGuardi/Mitch Allan/David Hodges) • 9/15 Hot AC and mainstream AC add date • Will ship full album prior to street • Extensive terrestrial and satellite radio promo pre and post release tour • Will service music video for “Had It All” to all broadcast and online partners as well as retail video programs.
Digital: • Online promotions: • Get In The Act sweepstakes: partnered with Yahoo! Music to offer a trip to the set of the music video. Ran throughout May • Make A Splash viral promotion allowing fans to create a splash page for Katharine’s site prior to relaunch. Ran May – June • MySpace Featured Play-List promoted Katharine’s play-list weekend of 8/14 • Countdown to the Single viral campaign promoting release of first single using MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks the week of August 17th. • MySpace Webisode and Single Premiere two exclusive ‘making of the album’ webisodes and premiere of new single on Katharine’s MySpace page. August 25. • AOL Music interview feature with b-roll from the music video shoot. August 25. • Yahoo! Music Video Premiere to be promoted on the Yahoo! Music Homepage, Entertainment Page and Yahoo.com homepage (tbc). September. • Servicing lifestyle websites with music and pursuing various promotional opportunities • Social networking profiles will be consistently updated throughout the campaign with video and written blogs, behind the scenes footage, updates, and more. Touring: • USO tour fall 2009 • US touring 2009~2010
Deluxe version to include: making of Unbroken, track by track video commentary, making of music video for “Had It All,” and photo album.
from:http://www.mariahcn.com/bbs/read-htm-tid-74694-keyword-.html
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Post by JayBoozer on Aug 27, 2009 23:20:27 GMT -5
Paula Cole!?!?! Can't wait for "Unbroken"!!!
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Post by Gray. on Aug 27, 2009 23:58:02 GMT -5
YES to her going on Chelsea Lately. OMG that would be heaven for me! It looks like Verve actually has their ish together, as opposed to RCA.
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Post by ₫anny Jerz ♔ on Aug 28, 2009 0:14:34 GMT -5
LOL I posted that on another forum the same time you did, yaoer. Lots of cool stuff to look forward to.
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Post by K. on Aug 28, 2009 9:41:26 GMT -5
She wrote with some really cool people. Paula Cole? Ingrid Michaelson? Rachael Yamagata? I don't like HIA too much, but I'm excited nonetheless.
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Post by uplink2 on Aug 28, 2009 9:45:50 GMT -5
Thanks D. for that great info! Verve/UMG seems to really believe in her. Looking at that list of potential appearances is incredible. Plus USO and US Tour!! Judging by the writers and the snippets we have heard I agree with a posting someone else did on another site
"I don't think anybody out there with any bona fide musical credentials is going to have much bad to say about this one. There will always be airholes spouting air, but who cares. I'm blown away already on the strength of one full song and a bunch of snippets and demos."
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Post by Kishi KCM on Aug 28, 2009 10:41:06 GMT -5
Im very excited and optimistic!
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Post by Sara on Aug 28, 2009 14:24:06 GMT -5
I LOVE that song "Terrified." Kara and Jason singing on YouTube is awesome - I think Kat will sound amazing singing that.
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Post by K. on Aug 28, 2009 18:03:03 GMT -5
Yeah, Kat should sound awesome on Terrified I think. As long as they don't beef up the production.
And Faultline is beautiful. I can't wait for this album. I hope she manages to have a CHR hit.
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Post by Mike on Aug 28, 2009 18:19:48 GMT -5
I really like "Terrified." Can't wait to hear Kat's version.
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Post by K. on Aug 28, 2009 18:23:13 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 28, 2009 23:42:57 GMT -5
I'm so excited for this project.
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Post by Sara on Aug 29, 2009 0:40:58 GMT -5
I like the vibe of Brand New Key. It's different!
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Post by boyan on Aug 29, 2009 7:24:56 GMT -5
so excited about this album
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Post by yosafbridge on Aug 29, 2009 13:21:24 GMT -5
Guess what's going to be my MUST BUY album for 2009?(aside from Taylor Swift's Fearless deluxe re-release?)
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Post by shaq91 on Aug 29, 2009 13:44:10 GMT -5
i'm not liking this at all >:(
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Post by JayBoozer on Aug 29, 2009 14:59:48 GMT -5
LOVE Brand New Key. Super cute song :)... reminds me a little bit of Regina Spektor or Janis Joplin.
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Post by MyLastView on Aug 31, 2009 9:50:49 GMT -5
Had It All is good!
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Post by K. on Aug 31, 2009 17:50:08 GMT -5
Ah, Mitch Allan co-wrote "No Boundaries." My feelings on I Had it All all make slightly more sense now.
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Post by blurple on Aug 31, 2009 17:53:06 GMT -5
Oooh nice! So it looks like she'll be on Idol next year?
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Post by vinyl on Sept 1, 2009 16:08:15 GMT -5
She better be! I'm still mad they didn't have her back when she was promoting her debut.
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Post by uplink2 on Sept 2, 2009 22:06:20 GMT -5
Brand New Key review from Twitter: Ryan Brockington writes the POPWARP Blog for the New York Post. So it seems the CD is being sent to reviewers!!. blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/I have been thinking that for them to include this cover on the CD it has to be amazing. They left off some songs written by some tremendous writers so for it to make it, there has to be something really special about it.
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Post by SHOOTER on Sept 3, 2009 15:00:32 GMT -5
I'm anxious to hear her version of BNK.
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Post by shaq91 on Sept 3, 2009 18:58:32 GMT -5
LIONEL RICHIE TRIBUTE ADDS MORE CELEB POWER TO THE LIST OF PERFORMERS AT AN “EVENING OF STARS.” An Evening of Stars has announced the latest performers for the United Negro College Fund’s yearly televised celebration of excellence in entertainment and education. Natalie Cole, Akon, Jesse McCartney, Katharine McPhee, Brian McKnight, Boney James and Chrisette Michele have been added to the star-studded tribute to Lionel Richie, this year’s recipient of the UNCF’s Award of Excellence. Richie is a graduate of Tuskegee University, a UNCF member school. The Award of Excellence, which he will accept the night of the gala, is for the musician’s long and distinguished career as a singer-songwriter-producer and for his history of supporting minority education. An Evening of Stars takes place September 12th from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and will air in January, 2010 on BET, WGN and over 40 television stations nationally. www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/09/03/lionel-richie-tribute-adds-more-celeb-power-to-the-list-of-performers-at-an-evening-of-stars/
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Post by WTF on Sept 3, 2009 22:20:19 GMT -5
I always loved Kat during Idol and I love her debut, but I'm not feeling any of her demos, nor the new single. I really think the Pop/R&B genre was just a better fit for her, this one, not so much is only the tip of what I could say. That said, now I have two differents feelings: a part of me wants her to do really good, and I'll get the album even when it's not my cup of coffee. My other part wants her to flop miserably so she goes back to her original sound. And even when I feel bad, I think the last one is winning.
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